* Today in Black History - January 25 *
1851 - Sojourner Truth addresses the first African American Women's
Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.
1890 - The National Afro-American League is founded at an organizing
meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Joseph Price, the president of
Livingston College, is elected the first president of what will
come to be considered a pioneering African American protest
organization.
1938 - Jamesetta Hawkins is born in Los Angeles, California. She will
become a rhythm and blues singer known as "Etta James." She will
be described as "one of the great forces in American Music." She
will become a star scoring her first national pop hit, "Roll With
Me, Henry", at age sixteen, and be recognized as a master in the
fields of blues, R&B, jazz, and pop, crossing genres time and
again. Between 1955 and 1975, Etta will create a dozen Top-10
Rhythm & Blues hits and more than 25 chart hits. They will include
such soulful performances as "All I Could Do Was Cry" (1960), "At
Last" (1961), "Trust in Me" (1961), "Stop the Wedding" (1962),
"Tell Mama" (1967), and "Security" (1968). She will be inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. She will be nominated
for six Grammy Awards and will win the award for her 1994 recording
of "Mystery Lady," saluting Billie Holiday.
1942 - Carl Eller is born. He will become a professional football
player, spending many of his years with the Minnesota Vikings.
On the Vikings team, he will play in four Super Bowl games (IV,
VIII, IX, XI), in losing efforts.
1944 - Eugene Washington is born. He will become a professional
football player and go to Super Bowl IV with the Minnesota
Vikings.
1950 - Gloria Naylor is born in New York City. She will become a
Jehovah Witnesses minister and 'pioneer' over a period of seven
years. After leaving the Witnesses and suffering a nervous
breakdown, she will read Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye", and
be inspired to become a writer. She will complete her
Bachelor's and Master's degrees and become a major writer and is
best known for her work, "The Women of Brewster Place."
1966 - Constance Baker Motley becomes the first African American woman
to be appointed to a federal judgeship.
1972 - Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm begins her campaign for President
of the United States. Although she will ultimately be
unsuccessful, she will make known the concerns of African
Americans across the country.
1980 - Black Entertainment Television, better known as BET, begins
broadcasting from Washington, DC. Robert L. Johnson, who
established the company with a $ 15,000 personal loan, will make
BET one of the most successful cable television networks, with
25 million subscribers by its tenth anniversary and, in 1991,
the first African American-owned company to be listed on the
New York Stock Exchange.
1989 - Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season,
the second fastest NBA climb to that position behind Wilt
Chamberlain.
1999 - Jury selection begins in Jasper, Texas, in the trial of white
supremacist John William King, charged in the dragging death of
African American James Byrd Jr.
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